Silvio Messaglia (died 1544) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as

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(1520–1544). ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Silvio Messaglia, O. Cist."
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Biography

Silvio Messaglia was ordained a priest in the

Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Sain ...

. On 28 March 1520, he was appointed during the papacy of

Pope Leo X Pope Leo X ( it, Leone X; born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 11 December 14751 December 1521) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521. Born into the prominent political an ...

. He served as Bishop of Avellino e Frigento until his death in 1544.

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